Posts by Orac 2 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Oct 2010
D-link also do a similar one, and considerably cheaper. <£60, so about the same price as the single socket versions + a cheapo separate switch, and a lot neater. I've had the D-link one going for a few weeks now, and it works a dream in a situation where I couldn't string cable.
As for previous post mentioning that these take more power and cost more than a bit of ethernet cable- I guess many people may not have realised that....
I've been using it for a few days now, and it is dead handy to get podcasts and straems around the house- a lot cheaper than Wifi streaming receivers. Range seems fine, as long as you use the provided USB extension lead. I used the analogue line out versions before and it was a bit of a pain, as it was a pain to get access to it to switch it off or change frequency. You can control this one from the 'slightly quirky' GUI, as the review notes.
The only pain I found is that audio out either goes to this dongle or the normal audio out, but not both. You need to get into the audio settings normally. or grab a third party switcher to do it on a hot key.
It is also handy for a noddy wireless headphone setup, if your phone has FM receive.
Sound quality is pretty good.
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